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Pentaspast
- - A purchase with five pulleys.
Pentastich
- - A composition consisting of five verses.
Pentastyle
- - Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. -- n. A portico having five columns.
Pentateuch
- noun - the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
Pentathlon
- noun - an athletic contest consisting of five different events
Pentatomic
- - Having five atoms in the molecule. (b) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.
Pentatones
- noun - a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
Pentatonic
- adjective - relating to a pentatonic scale
Pentecosty
- - A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
Pentelican
- - Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.